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Family of dead boxer Towell makes NHS brain scan complaint

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Mike Towell was knocked down in the first and fifth rounds of the fight

The family of tragic boxer Mike Towell has made an official complaint about the medical treatment he received for headaches prior to his death.

His partner Chloe Ross claimed he begged doctors for a brain scan but was instead given painkillers for suspected migraines.

The Dundee boxer suffered a brain bleed during a televised fight on 29 September and died a day later.

NHS Tayside confirmed that it had received a complaint from the family.

Mike Towell was knocked down twice during the welterweight title eliminator against Welsh boxer Dale Evans at the Radisson Blu hotel in Glasgow.

He was given oxygen after the fight was stopped in the fifth round but died in hospital the following evening.

In her first interview since the tragedy, Ms Ross revealed that Towell had attended Ninewells Hospital AE unit in Dundee after suffering severe headaches during a sparring session 18 days prior to the fight.

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Ms Ross said Towell, centre left, had spent time in a sauna to lose weight before the fight

She said Towell, who was known as Iron Mike, was rolling on the floor in pain in a waiting room but was later advised he was probably suffering a migraine.